Shoe-button-fastening machine.



LE DRU R. POMEROY. SHOE BUTTON FASTENING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED ocr. 9, 1916.

Patented Se t. 25,1917.

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[ :-$HQE-BUTTQN:FASTENINGMACHINE sp fi ei'sia nt Patented Sept. 25, 11917.

Applicationfiled 0ctorber 9, 1916. Seria1 No'. 124,542.

"To all whom it may concern:

Bedt knowlnthat I, Ln DRU-R. POMEROY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in thecounty ofLucasand. State of,Ohi,o, havell invented a 'certainunew. and

useful Shoe-BottomFastening Machine; and a I do hereby declare the following-to beta full,-clear, and exact idescription of the in-; vention, such, as willI enable others skilled in theart to whiclrit appertains to make and use-the same, reference being hadto the accom an in ,drawin 's ,andto thecharacters of reference markedthereon, whichiform a part of thisspecificationo This invention relates1toyshoe but-ton fastening machines, and particularly to the button feed mechanismthereof.L

The object a of ,my invention 1 is the ,pro-

vision, in a machine of the class described,

of means which is automatically operable,

during, an operationvof the machine to eject fronn the button feed guideof the hopper buttons which are-not disposed, in; proper feeding position thereon, thereby'preventing possibility of -clogging in saidguide and enhancing the practicabilityand commercial valueof such machines. 1 a

The invention is vfully described in ithe following specificatiomend while, in its broaderaaspect, it is capableof'embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is ill'ustrateddn the accompanying.

drawings,in which?- a Figure 1 is aside: elevation of a. machine embodying the invention, with parts removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the hopper portion of v the machine with parts in sectionandwith the button elevating slide raisedto kickerslide tripping position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of portions 0f the: invention till'llstrat ing the relative position of the kicker slide operating parts immediately prior to the tripping of said slide, and Fig. 4; is a top plan View of the hopper and associated parts.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the button holding hopper of a button setting machine, 2 the inclined guideway leading from the front side of said hopper at its upper portion, which guideway is longitudinally grooved on its top to permit the button eyes to extend down therein, as well understood in the art, and 3 desi nates the vertically movable button elevating slide,

which is commonly employed to periodically raisewbuttons within the hopper into, positlontopass ontoand downthe guideway 2.

' The lower end of the-slide 3 extends down througlrthebottom of the hopper and has pin-and-slotconnection with an operating lever, which leveris pivoted to the machine-frame, as at 5,; and is connected in a well known manner to the operating foot pedal 6, whereby the lever is rocked to elevate--the slide at 1 each depression of the pedal. t i a The feature comprising the present invention consists in mountinga vertically movablekioker slide-7 in a portion of the guideway 2 within the hopper and to extend said kicken slide down through the bottom of a hopperin posit-ion to be engaged and raised a predetermined extent by a trippingpawl 8 ateach, slide raising movement of the lever 1. For this purpose the lower end of the kickerslide? is provided without the hoppernv-ith a forwardly extending ar1n9 havingajlip lOprojecting outward therefromin position to be engaged bya lip 11 on the pawl Sawhen the pawl is moved upward.

have limited, rocking-movements relative to theleverby a pin 13 projecting from the lever 11l1lt0, a transverse slot 14 in thetailposition toengagethelio 10, as shown in Fig.3., Thekickerslide is normallyheld in lowered position by a spring 15, which connects thelip; 10to a subjacent portion of the frame,

and -11 slide from engagement and the kicker slide is returned to its lowered position by the spring 15, while the lever continues its upward movement to elevate the slide 3 to its full extent. The pivotal mounting of the pawl permits its lip to pass the lip 10 on the downward stroke of the lever and pawl, as is apparent.

The upper end of the kicker slide 7, in the present instance, is angled forward to adapt it to project partially under the stripper plate 16 over the guideway 2, and also to adapt it when lowered to have its descent stopped by shouldering against a register- The pawl 8 is pivoted to the lever at the rear of its fulorum, as at12, andis permitted to piece of thetpawl, the weight of the tailpiececausingthe liplli to normallystand in ing portion 17 of the guideway groove bottom out of obstructing relation to the button eyes moving down the guideway.

It will be understood that should a button not be properly deposited on the guideway 2 for feeding down the same, it will be stopped by contact with the stripper-plate 16 and will then be kicked from the guide way by the kicker slide, when raised, and permitted to fall back into the hopper. The disengaging of the kicker slide and pawl lips 10 and 11 is timed to take place slightly before the elevating slide 3 has reached the top of the guideway 2 so that the kicker slide will have removed any improperly positioned button from the guideway and returned to its normal inoperative position by the time the slide 3 has been raised into position for the buttons to slide therefrom onto the guideway 2.

I wish it understood that my invention is parts and the arrangement thereof without departing from the spiritof the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination. with a hopper having a but ton delivery guideway, and means operable to elevate buttons within the hopper to said guideway, said means having a button elevating slide and an operating lever attached thereto, of a member movable to kick improperly positioned buttons from said guideway, means normally retaining said member in inoperative position, and means operable by the lever of said first means at each button elevating movement thereof to move said member to button kicking position and then to release the member to permit it to return to inoperative position.

2. In a machine of the class described,the combination with a hopper having a button delivery guideway, a button elevating slide in said 'guideway, and a lever connected to said slide and operable to move the same to.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for elevate buttons to said guideway, of a kicker member movable to kick improperly positioned buttons from said guideway, said member having a projecting part without the hopper, means normally retaining said member in inoperative position, and a pawl carried by said lever and operable upon a slide raising movement ofsaid lever to move said member to operative position and then to release it to permit its return to inoperative position. r

3In a 'machine of the class described, the combination with a hopper, having a button delivery guideway therein and a button elevating slide within said hopper, of a kicker member movable up through a portion of said guideway to eject improperly positioned buttons therefrom, means normally retaining said member in lowered position, and means having connection with both said elevating slide and said member and operable to reciprocate said slide and to raise said member to button ejecting posi tion and then to release the same, said release taking place before said slide has reached the limit of its raising movement.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a button hopper having a button delivery guideway therein, and a buttonelevating slide movable in said hopper, of a kicker membermovable up through a portion of said guideway to eject improperly positioned buttons therefrom, said member having an outwardly projecting lip at its lower end,'means normally retaining said member in lowered position, a lever having connection wlth sald sllde'and operable to ralse and lower the same, and a pawl pivotally carried by said lever for limited rocking movements relative thereto and operable upon a slide raismg movement of said lever to coact with said member lip to raise the member to operative position and to disengage said lip at a predetermined point in the slide raising movement of said lever; In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

' LE DRU'R. POMEROY.

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